Question(3) A 25-foot ladder is leaned against a wall. If the base of the ladder is 7 ft from the wall, how high up the wall will the ladder reach?
The mast of a sailing ship is 20 ft tall. A rope is stretched 26 ft from the top of the mast to a cleat on the deck of the ship. How far is the cleat from the base of the mast?
Each side of an equilateral triangle measures 12 cm . Find the height, , of the triangle.
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Two jets left an airport at the same time. One traveled east at 300 miles per hour. The other traveled south at 400 miles per hour. How far apart were the jets at the end of an hour?
85.4
12
9.8
24
500
26
10.4
520
25.5
9.4
17.8
16.6
87.1
9.7
18.5
: 8.3
Studdy Solution
Find by taking the square root:
The jets are 500 miles apart after one hour.
The solutions are:
1. Ladder reaches 24 ft up the wall.
2. Cleat is approximately 16.6 ft from the base of the mast.
3. Height of the equilateral triangle is cm.
4. Jets are 500 miles apart.
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